Lars Schmidt-Ott

Member of the Board

Mr. Schmidt-Ott started his career in 1994 at The Boston Consulting Group advising clients mainly in the Financial Services industry. In 1997, Mr. Schmidt-Ott went to Swiss Re Financial Services where he was a member of the executive team and served as Head Global Banking as well as Head Strategy and Product Development. In 2003, Mr. Schmidt-Ott co-founded the Capital Efficiency Group AG where he developed the PREPS SME subdebt lending platform and held overall responsibility for the company. Since 2015, Mr. Schmidt-Ott is CEO of Be-Spoke Capital AG, a securitization platform for European SME loans that he founded.

Mr. Schmidt-Ott holds a Master in Finance from the University of St. Gallen and ESC Paris.